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    Wed May 16 2001 17:45:18



    Tehran, Iran
    Iran woman to be stoned to death for murder -- (CNN) A 38-year-old Iranian women is to be stoned to death under Iran's Islamic law for murdering her husband, a newspaper reported Wednesday.




    Wed May 16 2001 17:28:56



    NICHOLAS JAMES MOORE, 22 - murder victim
    Mark Edward Ferguson, 23, and Neil Robert Ferguson, 18 - charged
    Brisbane, Australia
    Brothers charged with headless body murder -- (ninemsn) The pair were arrested Tuesday after police investigating a stench at a house in Shennan Street in the Toowoomba suburb of South Harristown, found a human head wrapped in a plastic bag in the boot of a car.




    Wed May 16 2001 17:18:21



    LILLIE BELLE ALLEN, 27 - shot July 21, 1969
    Charlie Robertson, 67 - denies allegations
    York, Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania mayor arrested on murder charges from 1969 -- (Fox News) Mayor Charlie Robertson said Wednesday he will surrender to prosecutors on Thursday to face a murder charge stemming from the shooting death of a young black woman during the city's 1969 race riots.




    Wed May 16 2001 15:01:10



    West Palm Beach, Florida
    Brazill convicted of second-degree murder, assault in teacher slaying -- (Sun Sentinel) Nathaniel Brazill, 14, killed Lake Worth Middle School English teacher Barry Grunow, 35, with a stolen .25-caliber handgun last May 26 on the last day of the school year.




    Wed May 16 2001 09:58:54



    LORNA HALM, 3 - body found at family home
    Victoria Andoh, 65 - accused of murder
    London, England
    Granny on murder rap -- (The Mirror) A post-mortem found that the child died from "lacerations causing fatal blood loss".




    Wed May 16 2001 09:50:20



    DIARRO LAVON HAYES, 9 - body identified by dental records
    Demarlo Hayes, 26 - claimed boy went missing
    Cincinnati, Ohio
    Mom charged with murder of boy found burned in park -- (Cleveland Plains Dealer) Following an autopsy Sunday, the coroner listed the cause of death as asphyxiation.




    Wed May 16 2001 09:28:57



    TOM CRESSMAN, 39 - died September 17, 2000
    Jane Andrews, 34 - murdered in a jealous rage
    London, England
    Ex royal aide found guilty of murder -- (BBC) The Duchess of York's former aide Jane Andrews has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of murdering her boyfriend.
    Jealousy drove lover to kill -- (BBC) Jealous and highly strung, Jane Andrews craved marriage and children.




    Wed May 16 2001 09:17:55



    BONNY LEE BAKLEY, 45 - gunned down in vehicle 11 days ago
    Los Angeles, California
    Blake hires another big name attorney -- (CH2000) Robert Blake has added another high-priced attorney to his defense team, even though it does not appear that police are prepared to name the actor as a prime suspect in the murder of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley.




    Tues May 15 2001 18:35:29




    Boston.com
    Flemmi to plead guilty in racketeering case -- (Boston.com) Alleged mobster Stephen ''The Rifleman'' Flemmi will spend just 10 years behind bars on racketeering, extortion and money laundering charges under a plea agreement made public Tuesday. The deal, struck with federal prosecutors, also includes the dismissal of four murder charges.




    Tues May 15 2001 18:28:48



    ELIJAH LAMONT KELLY, 4 - died Monday
    Jeremiah Parker and Tauleah Kelly - multiple charges
    Paterson, New Jersey
    Giants' defensive end, girlfriend charged in boy's death -- (NJO News) New York Giants defensive end Jeremiah Parker and his live-in girlfriend have been charged in connection with the death of the woman's son.




    Tues May 15 2001 18:14:08



    PHILIPPE BERTRAND, 7 - kidnapped and strangled in 1977
    Patrick Henry, 47 - escaped the guillotine
    Paris, France
    "Most Hated Man" freed on parole -- (Reuters) A killer once branded France's "most hated man" for the murder of a seven-year-old boy has been freed on parole after 25 years in jail.




    Tues May 15 2001 18:05:17



    Tom Green, 52 - polygamist on trial
    Provo, Utah
    Utah jurors learn web of wives, children in polygamy trial -- (Nando Times) A prosecutor outlined the tangled marital history of a man with five wives and at least 29 children as Utah's first polygamy trial in nearly 50 years opened on Tuesday.




    Tues May 15 2001 17:27:35



    NOEL KRAMER, 71 - suspected poioning for some time
    Caryll Kramer, 61 - arraigned on attempted-murder charges
    New York
    Woman put arsenic in hubby's food -- (New York Post) A Manhattan woman tried to poison her elderly hubby by repeatedly lacing his meals with arsenic, police said.




    Tues May 15 2001 15:45:20



    Washington
    More McVeigh Files Found; FBI Orders Massive Search -- (LA Times) A second batch of undisclosed records in the Oklahoma City bombing has been found in Baltimore, sources said Monday, prompting the FBI to issue a worldwide directive ordering all bureau field offices and attaches to comb their files for any more documents that may not have been turned over to Timothy J. McVeigh's lawyers.




    Tues May 15 2001 14:48:07



    Las Vegas, Nevada
    Killer gets no sympathy from daughter of victim -- (Las Vegas Sun) Facing her mother's killer in court during a sentencing hearing Monday, Deborah Parks didn't allow Termaine Lytle to mistake who the real victim was.




    Tues May 15 2001 13:30:58



    Hamilton County, Ohio
    Mother arraigned in death of son -- (Cincinnati Enquirer) DeMarlo Hayes, who was charged Monday with killing her 9-year-old son, was arraigned this morning in Hamilton County Municipal Court. Bond was set at $100,000. Ms. Hayes, of Silverton, did not post bond.




    Tues May 15 2001 11:31:53



    Nathaniel Brazill, 14 - faces life in prison for murder of Barry Grunow
    West Palm Beach, Florida
    Jury reviews evidence as deliberations continue in Brazill murder case -- (Sun Sentinel) A panel of nine women and three men, most of them parents, continued to review evidence Tuesday as it deliberated a first-degree murder charge against a 14-year-old boy who shot a teacher in the head at Lake Worth Middle School a year ago.




    Tues May 15 2001 10:33:12



    Bonny Lee Bakley - murdered wife of actor Robert Blake
    Los Angeles, California
    Police warn media that rumors may taint murder probe -- (Boston.com) As reports surfaced that a gun was found yards away from where the wife of actor Robert Blake was shot to death, police asked journalists to refrain from publishing rumors about the murder investigation.




    Tues May 15 2001 10:30:05




    Lethbridge, Alberta
    Police confirm little Jessica Koopmans was killed -- (Calgary Herald) A medical examiner's report released shortly after police told family members said evidence "strongly suggests" that the body found is Jessica, but DNA testing was necessary to confirm that. Police would not say why the DNA test is still needed or when results would be available. Global TV in Calgary reported police have a "key suspect" in the case who was found in High River, Alta., also a southern Alberta community.
    Jessica's family plans funeral after autopsy results revealed -- (CBC)
    Tragedy brings back memories of Kayla -- (Cnews)




    Tues May 15 2001 10:21:14




    New York
    Homeless man allegedly set on fire by teens -- (Boston.com) Walter Eckman, 47, died at New York's Hospital burn center, said Det. Edward Reuss, a police spokesman.




    Tues May 15 2001 10:12:49



    New York
    Report: Suspected drug dealer served bullet with bologna sandwich, sues for $5 million -- (Boston.com) Louis Olivo, who was given a lunch during a break in a Brooklyn Supreme Court hearing last week, said he felt something ''crunchy'' in his sandwich.




    Tues May 15 2001 10:10:06



    Boston, Massachusetts
    Flemmi reportedly deals for 10-year prison sentence -- (Boston.com) Alleged mobster Stephen ''The Rifleman'' Flemmi has made a reduced prison sentence deal with federal authorities that does not require him to cooperate with government investigators, according to news reports. Flemmi still faces an indictment returned last year that charges him with killing 10 people including former girlfriend Debra Davis and Deborah Hussey, Flemmi's 26-year-old stepdaughter between 1973 and 1985. Flemmi's cohort, James ''Whitey'' Bulger, a fugitive, is charged with killing 19 people.




    Tues May 15 2001 10:07:05




    Silverton, Ohio
    Mother charged in boy's death -- (Cincinnati Enquirer) DeMarlo Hayes, the mother of 9-year-old Diarro Lavon Hayes - who was asyphixiated and his body burned Friday night in Daniel Drake Park - on Monday night was charged with murder in his death.

    Laredo, Texas
    Police: Woman chained 12-year-old maid to backyard pole -- (CNN) Sandra Bearden, 28, was arrested on charges of aggravated kidnapping. Laredo police said the girl had been working as a maid for Bearden and her family since March. Bearden is accused of beating and chaining the girl to the pole with a steel chain.





    Tues May 15 2001 10:01:43



    Los Angeles, California
    Gang members changing their duds to blend in, police say -- (SacBee) There are approximately 130,000 gang members in Los Angeles County. While many gang members remain true to their "colors," others have gotten wiser and are trying to blend in.




    Tues May 15 2001 09:56:58




    Bloomington, Minnesota
    Son, others in custody after 2 found dead in Bloomington home -- (Star Tribune) Three people are in custody this morning in the case of a couple found slain Monday evening in their Bloomington home, police said. One person being held is a 39-year-old son of the couple, both 68, said Sgt. Dave Olmstead.




    Tues May 15 2001 09:52:50




    West Palm Beach, Florida
    Florida Rabbi Used Internet to Get Boys for Sex, Police Say -- (Fox) A Boca Raton rabbi had sex with a 14-year-old boy and used the Internet to set up meetings with dozens of other male teen-agers, federal prosecutors said. Jerrold Levy, 58, also kept detailed descriptions of at least 30 youths.




    Tues May 15 2001 09:50:24



    Mesa County, Colorado
    Pedophile gets 1 year in jail for molestations -- (GJ Sentinel) A man who admitted to being a pedophile for more than 20 years was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for molesting four girls between the ages of 4 and 12. Edwin Hutchinson, 68, must also spend between 20 years and life on probation.




    Tues May 15 2001 01:36:59



    GREER LAWRENCE, 20 - murdered October 11, 2000
    Daniel Edmunds, 24 - jailed for life
    West Yorks, England
    Girl murdered in bed by lover as her father slept -- (Electronic Telegraph) A wealthy musician's daughter was strangled in her bed by a jilted boyfriend as her father slept downstairs, a court was told yesterday.




    Mon May 14 2001 23:47:19



    Tom Green, 52 - five wives and twenty-five children
    Salt Lake City, Utah
    Jury chosen to hear polygamy case -- (Nando Times) A jury comprised of five women and three men was chosen to hear what is believed to be the nation's first polygamy trial in nearly 50 years.




    Mon May 14 2001 21:03:04




    Danbury, Connecticut
    Woman charged with making $1 million in fake money -- (Boston.com) The Secret Service on Monday charged a Danbury woman with making and distributing about $1 million in counterfeit money. Josette Triano was arrested in Danbury after she gave an undercover agent $6,000 in counterfeit bills, federal authorities said.




    Mon May 14 2001 21:01:10



    Stamford, Connecticut
    Skakel defense likely to bring up earlier suspects -- (Boston.com) When authorities try Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel in the 1975 murder of a Greenwich teen-ager, his lawyers are likely to remind the jury of earlier suspects. Names that may arise include former Skakel family tutor Kenneth Littleton; Skakel's older brother, Thomas Skakel; and Skakel handyman Franz Wittine, who died in 1997, the Greenwich Time reported.




    Mon May 14 2001 20:57:51




    Putnam, Connecticut
    Man steals police cruiser, runs down officer -- (Boston.com) Jason Gulino was arrested after crashing the cruiser in Woodstock, stealing another car, attempting to enter several homes, and assaulting an elderly woman, state police said.




    Mon May 14 2001 19:33:22



    JOVAN RODRIGUEZ, 13 months - died of hyperthermia Saturday
    Diana Rodriguez, 18 - booked Sunday
    Colorado Springs, Colorado
    Mom whose baby died faces charges -- (Newsday) A woman has been charged in the death of her 13-month-old baby, who died after being left inside a car for more than seven hours while the woman worked her shift at a McDonald's restaurant.




    Mon May 14 2001 19:22:48



    San Bernardino, California
    Son arrested in connection with mother's killing in Southern California -- (SacBee) Mother's Day turned tragic when a woman was stabbed to death and her son arrested for the investigation of murder.




    Mon May 14 2001 19:20:25



    Florence, Alabama
    Father and son found dead -- (al.com) Police are investigating the deaths of a father and son, whose decomposing bodies were found Sunday morning. Leonard Brown and Leonard Brown Jr. were found in the bedrooms of their residence.




    Mon May 14 2001 19:18:39



    Hamilton, Alabama
    Suspect in triple killing was denied parole, out on probation -- (al.com) Wilson Earle Robitaillie, 35, was denied parole in October 1998 on stolen property convictions from 1994 and 1995, a parole board official in Montgomery said Monday. Robitaillie, arrested at his Phenix City home and charged Saturday with capital murder, is accused of stabbing to death Alisa Taylor and her two children, 4-year-old Trent Taylor and 7-year-old Robin Taylor. They were killed in their Hamilton home on Friday.




    Mon May 14 2001 17:14:35




    Prince George's County, Maryland
    File Alleges Canine Officer Was Abusive -- (Washington Post) The Prince George's County police officer charged in federal court with releasing her police dog on an unarmed, unresisting Mexican immigrant has a pattern of improperly using the dog on minorities and threatening minorities, sometimes with racial epithets, according to court papers filed by federal prosecutors.




    Mon May 14 2001 16:23:16



    STINE SOFIE SORSTONEN, 8, and LENA SLOGEDAL PAULSEN, 10 - raped and murdered
    Viggo Kristiansen, 21, and Jan Helge Andersen, 20 - on trial
    Kristiansand, Norway
    Child murder defendant: 'Childish and scary' -- (Aftenposten) A string of neighbors testified Monday that child murder defendant Viggo Kristiansen was both childish and frightening, sex-obsessed and increasingly aggressive. His trial entered its fourth week.




    Mon May 14 2001 16:06:37


    Los Angeles, California
    Murder mystery piques interest of Net users -- (CNET) Evan Chan, a biothermal scientist and a mediocre poet, has been murdered -- bludgeoned to death off the Carolina coast during a sailing trip with a kinky "sexbot."


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